ALEXANDER

Date1840

Object NameBRIG

MediumWOOD

ClassificationsShip

DimensionsLength: 82.5'
Breadth: 21'
Depth: 14.1'
Gross tonnage: 207 tons.

Object numberABDSHIP003030.76

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: John Ronald & Co.

Fate: Lost on Hasbro Sands, 20 March 1845

Propulsion: Sail
Description: Brig rigged, 1 deck and a poop deck, 2 masts, standing bowsprit, square stern, carvel built, mock gallery, male figurehead.

Owners:
1840: Registered at Aberdeen for subscribing owners;
George Leslie, shipowner, 40 shares; Alexander Drummie, manufacturer, 8 shares; James Gage, 8 shares, all Aberdeen.
Other shareholders:
George Edwards, merchant, London, 8 shares.
(Source: Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives))

Master:
1840-44: Master William Deans

Voyages:
1840-43: Aberdeen - Newcastle
1844: London - Cape of Good Hope.

General History:
28/03/1845:
"The ALEXANDER, Deans, Aberdeen to Valparaiso, was totally lost on Hasbro Sand on the 20th inst.; crew saved and landed here"
(Hull Advertiser0)

24/03/1845: Banburgh, Farn Islands, Knivestone Rocks. On a voyage from Dundee to Newcastle-upon-Tyne, the wooden brig, ALEXANDER, in ballast, struck on the middle of the knivestone at 4am. Her anchors, cables, sails, rigging and store were saved by north Sunderland fisherman before the following tide caused her to break her back and disappear from sight.
(Richard and Bridget Larn (1997), “Shipwreck Index of the British Isles” (Lloyd’s Register, London), vol. 3)